Amnesia: a function of the temporal relation of footshock to electroconvulsive shock.
When rats received a brief footshock upon stepping off an elevated platform, and an electroconvulsive shock 30 seconds or 6 hours afterward, amnesia was not observed 24 hours later. If a second footshock (noncontingent) was delivered 0.5 second before the electroconvulsive shock, amnesia was observed. The amnesia was temporary if conditioning was strong and permanent if conditioning was weak.
D000647:Amnesia / Q000209:etiology*; D000818:Animals; D001143:Arousal; D001522:Behavior, Animal; D003213:Conditioning, Psychological; D004597:Electroshock; D005121:Extremities; D006801:Humans; D051381:Rats; D012640:Seizures; D013997:Time Factors